Frigg area yields more crude
2009.10.15 -
Field Development
This find is located about 21 kilometres east of the abandoned Frigg field and 12 kilometres north of Frøy.
"It’s commercially interesting, and we’ve already started looking at prospects for a development linked to nearby oil resources," says Tom Dreyer, head of infrastructure-led exploration in the North Sea.
The discovery well encountered oil in sandstone of good reservoir quality belonging to the Frigg formation.
"Our starting point has been an old unclarified find in this formation," explains Dreyer. "An analysis of this, combined with new seismic data, put us quickly on the track of the oil we’ve now proven in Frigg Delta."
The total potential recoverable volume in this discovery and the nearby Frigg Gamma and Frigg Epsilon reservoirs is in the order or 62-189 million barrels of oil equivalent.
Ocean Vanguard, responsible for the discovery, will now redeploy to the Norwegian Sea to drill an exploration well on the Fløien prospect also operated by StatoilHydro.
In addition to the group with 40%, licensees in production licence 442 covering Frigg Delta are Svenska Petroleum Exploration with 40% and Det Norske with 20%
PA Resources AB has signed an agreement with the shareholders to acquire the entire share capital of the British oil exploration company Scotsdale Ltd. The company is focusing on low risk exploration in North West Europe. The acquisition means that PA Resources increases its presence in the North Sea with licenses in the United Kingdom and Denmark, and potentially also in the Netherlands.
Aker Exploration has entered into agreements with the international oil company Eni Norge to acquire ownership interests in two licenses in the vicinity of the Åsgard field. The agreements further strengthen Aker Exploration’s position in the Norwegian Sea.
SCAN Geophysical ASA (SCAN) today announced that the company is
remobilising its seismic vessel, M/V Geo Searcher, to re-commence a previously-suspended
2D project offshore Pakistan for BP.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted ENI Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 34/12-1 in the North Sea.
Eni has successfully drilled the last appraisal well, encountered approximately 127 metres (419 ft) of net pay in multiple sands. The initial analysis indicates good reservoir quality.
